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N. L. BRADLEY. Shade-Holder.

No. 228,594. Patented June 8, 1880.

N. PETERS, PHOTQUTHOGRAFNFJI. WISHINGTQII, D. C.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

NATHANIEL L. BRADLEY, OF WEST MERIDEN, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO BRADLEY & HUBBARD MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

SHADE-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 228,594, dated June 8, 1880.

Application filed April 16, 1880. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, NATHANIEL L. BRAD- LEY, of West Meriden, in the county of New Haven and State ot'Connecticut, have invented 5 a new Imprm'ement in Shade-Holders and I do hereby declare the following,-when taken in connection with the accompanying drawing and the letters of reference marked thereon, to be a full, clear, and exact description of the 10 same, and which said drawing constitutes part of this specification, and represents a sectional side view of my improved device.

This invention relates to an improvement in the means for securing lamp-shades to the 1 shade-ring. In the usual construction this is done by means of screws or rigid holders con fining the shade rigidly to the holder.

The object of this invention is to produce a yielding holder, which, if the shade be 20 thrown out of place, will automatically return it to its proper position and it consists in the construction, as hereinafter described, and particularly recited in the claim;

In the illustration the invention is shown as 2 5 applied to that class of shadeswhich are of inverted-funnel shape and attached to aring at the top.

A represents the ring, and B the shade, which may be of any of the usual forms, the

0 ring constructed so as to set upon the shade in the usual manner.

At two or more points on the ring, as at a a, two spiral or similar springs, O, are attached, provided at their lower ends with hooks d, the springs being of sufficient length to extend 5 down so that said hooks may engage the lower edge of the shade, and of sufficient strength to hold the shade firmly upto the ring. Preferably the springs are arranged upon the in side of the shade, because there they are in 40 a less exposed position.

If the shade he accidentally forced from its position, as shown in broken lines, the springs will bring it instantly back to its position in the ring, and thus avoid breaking the shade, 5 which would generally be the case in theusual construction when the shade should receive an equal force, tending to remove it from its seat.

It will be apparent that this fastening de- 0 vice may be applied in like manner to other shapes of shades or globes.

I olaim The combination of the shade-supporting ring. and the springs attached by one end to 5 5 the ring or seat, and having the other end adapted to be engaged with-the opposite edge of the shade, substantially as described.

NATHANIEL L. BRADLEY.

Witnesses:

J 0s. 0. EARLE, J. H. SHUMWAY. 

